I never watched “Naya Zamaana”(1971), but I read the screenplay of this movie. Yes, those were the days when the screenplay of movies used to be published and they were eagerly lapped up by movie lovers. I read the screenplays of not only this movie, but also that of “Aasheerwaad” (1968), “Kati Panag”(1970), “Bobby” (1973) etc. These screenplays also had stills from the movie. These books described the story so vividly that one could visualise the movie in the eyes of the mind. Much later, when I watched “Bobby”(1973), I felt like I had watched this movie earlier while in reality I had only read its screenplay.
Here is a song from “Naya Zamaana” (1971). this song is sung by Lata and it is picturised on Hema Malini and Dharmendra. Hema Malini plays the daughter of rich mill owner while Dharmendra plays union leader of mill workers.

The song shows Hema Malini singing this song in her palatial house while Dharmendra watches her, unnoticed by her. She notices him only after she has finished singing. How convenient. 😉 The mill worker enters the home of Mill owner just like that, without encountering security of any sort. It must really be paradise. Why does one need to dream of “Naya Zamaana” then, if one can live in a “Zamaana” like this.

Here is this song from the movie, which is the title song from the movie as well, seeing that the word “Naya Zamaana” figures in the song. Anand Bakshi is the lyricist and S D Burman composed the music.

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5 Responses to "Kitne din aankhen tarsengi"

Atulji,
I was lucky one to see this movie on Doordarshan during my high school days. Like you said, Those were the days. Loved to see beautiful Hema and dashing, handsome Dharmendra. ( Thank God I was not aware of their actual age. 27 years Hemaji is studying in a college and 35 years old Dharamji was still unmarried ). Then after my college years, I saw it again as in one of the scene they have shown Mithibai College (Juhu, Bombay/Mumbai), to refresh memory of my college days in Mithibai. I love two more songs from this movie
Choron ko saare nazar aate hain chor
Duniya O duniya tera jawab nahin (Best song of Kishoreda. I will send you the lyrics)
Pran (as a Hemaji’s brother) also had a good role in it. Ashok Kumar (Hemaji & Pranji’s father) was in a special appearance.

I was a voracious reader of G. Nanda’s books, many of them made into movies. Naya Zamana, Kati Patang, Apna Desh, Amar Prem et al. This, to our mind, told the world (peers, really) that we were now grown up, although we were barely into our teens!

Another great song song in the movie, to add to Khyati’s list was a teenagers delight- was “Rama, Rama, ghazab hui gawa ree……”. I am sure your blog would have this song.

‘raama raama ghazad buyee gawa re’ is one of those songs that brings back memories. may hv seen this movie in my childhood and forgotten and only got to watch it on TV years back. My another favorite from this film is Kishore da’s ‘duniya o duniya tera jawaab nahin’ …